Merges command (Team Foundation Version Control)
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The merges command displays detailed information about past merges between the specified source and destination branches.
Prerequisites
To use the merges command, you must have the Read permission set to Allow for both source and destination branches. For more information, see Default TFVC permissions.
Syntax
tf merges [source] destination [/recursive] [/extended] [/format:(brief|detailed)] [/login:username, [password]] [/showall]]] [/collection:TeamProjectCollectionUrl]
Parameters
Argument
Argument
Description
source
Filters the merge history to include only entries with the specified sources.
This parameter is optional.
destination
Specifies the destination branch for which merge history is displayed.
This parameter is required.
username
Provides a value to the /login option. You can specify a username value as either DOMAIN<em>UserName or UserName.
TeamProjectCollectionUrl
The URL of the project collection that contains the branches about which you want to display the merge history (for example, http://myserver:8080/tfs/DefaultCollection).
Option
Option
Description
/recursive
Displays information for all merges in specified Team Foundation version control server folder and its subfolders.
/extended
Displays a list of merges for a specific range of target items (for example: tf merges tgt\file1.txt; C21-25). This option displays the types of merges (for example, add or edit) and detailed information about the source and target items. This option implies /format: Detailed.
Note
You cannot use this option if you have specified a source item.
/format
Specifies the formats in which merge history can appear:
- Brief: default value, shows the changeset numbers for both the source and target items and the author and the date of the target checkin.
- Detailed: shows the detailed paths and changeset numbers for both the source and target items.
/login
Specifies the user name and password to authenticate the user with Azure DevOps.
/showall
Displays all past merges for a given target item under its current name and all previously used names.
/collection
Specifies the project collection.
Remarks
For more information on how to find the tf command-line utility, see Use Team Foundation version control commands.
Examples
The following example displays information about all merge operations performed between Beta1_branch and RTM_branch.
c:\projects>tf merges /recursive Beta1_branch RTM_branch
Sample output:
Changeset Merged in Changeset Author Date -------------------------------------------------------- 135 162 Justin 10/31/2003 146 162 Justin 10/31/2003 147* 167 Bill 11/02/2003The asterisk '*' next to changeset 147 indicates that only some of the changes in that changeset #147 were merged into changeset #167.